Reenforced car end



AK. M. HAMILTON.

'REENFORGED CAR END- APPLICATION FILED JAN. O. 1920- 1,41 1,349.Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

Gnomi 34 UNITED sTAra KARL M. HAMILTON, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIeNonTOCHICAGO-CLEVELAND ROOFING COMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A'CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS,V

i'iATENT OFFICE.

REENFORCED CAB END.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, KARL M. HAMILTON, a citizen Ot the United States,residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinventeda new and useful ,Improvement in Reenforced Car Ends, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to reenforced car ends, and the principal obj ectof the same is to strengthen the ends of a car against horizontal andtwisting strains, so as to preserve its proper shape in use. A furtherobject is to apply the reenforcement inL such manner that it will notrobst-ruct any part of the interior of.

thel car body. A further'object is to provide a reenforcement which isof aunitary char-,

aoteland may be appliedatthe time of making repairs to .car .bodiesalready oonstructed. A Afurther object of the invention "is toconnectthe reenforcing frame rwith the exterior metal members of the carend so vas tojoin said members with the side plates oi thereof 'frameat' points on said side plates which are .at a considerable distancefrom the end of the car. Y

With such objectsin view, as well` as other advantages which may beincident to theuse oivtheimprovements, the invention consists in theparts and combinations thereof hereinafterset forth andclaimed, with theunderstanding that the several necessaryv elements constituting the samemay bevaried in proportions andarrangementwithout departing from thenature and scope ofthe invention.

In order to make the invention `more 2 is a horizontal section 'of thesame.

on line 11i-Hof Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line III-III of Fig. .2. l

. Referring to the drawings., l indicates the side plates and 2 the endplate of the car rootframe. 3 is the end sheathing (Fig. 1).

elevation of a portion Specification Of Letters Patent. A Patented Ap'.4,1 A1922,

: Application med January. 10, 1920. serial No.' 350,610.

Exterior to th'e end sheathingl are arrangedfvertical Z-bars 5 securedtothe car body frame and to the end sheathing in a known manner bybolts. Y..

The'reenforcing end frame; does. or` may comprisey the :followingstructural` elements or their equivalents: 7, 7 indicate apair-.Of anglebars which are. of L-shape in'cros's s ectlon. Each of said bars is bentat the point 8 to form a transverse end member V9 and a diagonal braceyand tief'member'l The end ,members 9 are applied together one ontop ofthe other, contacting onltheir plane faces v4sothat the vertical flangeof one member standshupwardand the vertical end platel extendingsubstantially :from 'one 70 flange ofthe other depends, said vertical'flanges being fitted against ithe inner ver. tical faceof the'c'arvendplate 2. Themembers 9 thusforrna supplemental reenforcingVsaidfvgusset plate lbeing formed with La dey pending vertical flange 13clampedby bolts'. 14 to the side plate, and formed with. a hori.; zontalflangegl whichextendsjfor afdisvtance lalong the`horizontal iiangeiot'flthe member-9 andissecured thereto by boltsor l rivets 16.A

The rearor outer ends of the diagonal memberslO are connected with theside plates at a distance from the end of the car, as seen in Fig. 2,said diagonals being preferably arranged at an angle of about forty-fivede rees with the end plate andV with the` si e plates. This connectionis formed by a bracket plate 17 having a vertical {iange which issecured tothe side plate by bolts 18 and a horizontal flange to which isriveted' the horizontal partof said member 10. n f Y v The exterior'vertical'members or end posts 5 are preferably in the form of'Z-bars,which y are secured at their upper and lower ends respectivel to theVroofV and under framesof the c ar.` hesupplemental end` plate 9, 9l isrigidly` connectedk with said V'end posts by the bolts 6 which pass,through thelvertioal.

flanges of the membersv 9, the end plate 2 and the flanges of the posts5. Y The described reenforcing end frame as a whole 1s of very simpleA'and economicalcona struction and may be applied to new cars or tothose which areA being repairedWit-h ,the minimum of labor, and Vsaid'frames-may be constructed andv sold as units'for such purposes. All ofthe bars 7 are or may be `constructed as vcounterparts of each otherac-. cordingto a single pattern.

IvVhat is claimed is l. In a car end the combination ofthe end and sideplates, and a reenforcement comprising a pairof metalbars'eachextendingyacross lthe car and bent, to form an end y memberanda diagonal member, said end connectinglthe ends yofasaiddiagonal'memmembers being parallel with each other and -With said'vcarend plate and secured together so as toy form a continuous supplemental,end plate, means connecting said end members with the side plates, andmeans lates. A 2. In a car end t e combination ofthe end andside-plates, and a reeni'orcement com prising a pairoi'vmetalv bars eachbent to Y laidV against vone another and secured together platesf" c endmember and a diagonal member and form an end member andv a Vdiagonalmember, lsaid endmenibers being parallel withVV each other and Withsaidcarend plate and soas-toiorm a continuoussupplemental end plateextending from sideplate Ato side plate,

:means connecting said end members;with

the lside plates, land means coniiecting'the ends of said diagonalinembers Witlrthe side 3. In acar en'dthe combination o'i 'theend @and"side, plates, and 'afreenftorcement coin-" pri'sing :a lpair-ofLvl-bars each b ent tol form an'l'end 'member and a diagonal member,said` endV members being parallel With eachother and withfsaid .car Yend plate' and secured together s o as to' form a continuouslsupplemental lend 'plate lextending from side plate to -side plate,means connecting said f end memberswith the side plates, and' meansconnecting vthe ends of saiddiagonal meinbers' with. the side plates, Y

4. In a car end the combination of the end and side plates, and areenforcemei'it comprising a pair of L-bars each bent to forman endmember and a diagonal member, said -endmembers being-parallel yWith eachother and with said carend plate and superposed and secured together soas to form a continul ous supplemental end plate extendinof from Vsideplate'to' side plate, means connecting saidv` endmembers with the sideplates, and

means Vconnecting the ends of1 said diagonal members with the sideplates.`

5. In alcar end the Combination of the end andjside plates, and areenlforcement com-v prising a pairof- Lebars eachbent to term an eachextending Vfroml one side plate tothe other side late, said endmembers'being parallelv Witi each other and With said car end: plate'and secured together so as to form a continuous supplemental end plateextendnecting said end members With the side plates, andvv meanslconnecting the ends of said diagonal members with the side plates.

6. In a car end the combination of the end and side plates, and areentorcement coinprising a .pair oi' L-bars each bent to for-in an iendmemberl and' a diagonal member, said end members being parallel witheach other and with said car end plate and secured Vtogether so as toform a continuous supple- ,ing `troni si'de plate `to side plate, meansconlsaid end members with" the side plateaV means connectingthe ends-otsaid diagonal Y members v'v-.fith theside plates, externa-l endposta/and lmeans connecting saidsupple mental yend plate with saidposts. y

8. A' reenforcing `supplemental car end a diagonal .bracingand tie"member, said end members being superposed and secured together iiivparallel arrangement Sowas to 'form a continuous supplemental endplatel 4extending fromside to side of the carV and' adapted to `beattached to the end plate, and

said diagonalmembers extending outwardly and away from the end members`and adaptdistant Jfrom the end plate.

9. A. reenforcingfmetal reenforcemeiitv extending diagonally from avside plate to thefend plate and thence along the end plate towards theopposite side plate, a second flanged reenii'orcement eX- tendingdiagonally from said opposite side plate to the end plate and thenceextending parallel with the firstk reenforcementand with the end platetowards the first mentioned side plate, land means securing `rigidlyvtogether' the transverse and parallel Vportions of said reeniorcementsto forni a double reenforcementaloiig the median por-V tion of the endplate, the end portions; of said parts forming Vsingle reenorcements iorthe out-er portionsV of the end,v plate.

10. A reeni'orcing metal' Vframe for lcar ends, comprising, incombination, a. pair ofV bracing members each extending continu@ ouslyfrom the end ota car side plate along the car end plate and thencediagonally to iframe, comprising a pair of ilanged metal bars'each bentto form an end inemberand Y ed to be attached to YVtheside platezit-points traine it'orrv car i 'ends` comprising, in combination,a'anged' i ifo rif-5 the other car side plate at a point distant fromits end, said members being secured one to the other to form asupplemental end plate extending from side plate to side late, and meanswhereby each end of each o said members is attached to a side plate.

l1. In combination with the .wooden end wall of a railway box car, ofa-metal reenforcement for the same comprising substantially uprightmembers on the outside of the end wall and a transverse brace'ontheinside oi the car composed of two members with their inner endsoverlapped to a dis-y tance corresponding tothe distance between theupright members7 the upper end of each upright member being secured toboth members or' said transverse brace.

l2. In combination with the wooden end wall of a railway box car, of ametal reenforcement for the same comprising substantially uprightmembers on the outside of the end wall, a transverse brace on the insideof the car composed of two members with their inner ends overlapped ltoa dis# tance corresponding tothe distancebetween the upright members,the upper end of each upright member being secured to both mem# bers ofVsaid transverse brace, and means for securing the ends of saidtransverse brace to the side walls of the car. 1

Y 13. In combination with the wooden end l wall of a railway box car, ofa metal reenforcement for the lsame comprising substanright members andtheir outer' endsk pro-- vided with means extending diagonallyy acrossthe corners of the car and attachedv to the side walls thereof, theupper ends of'said upright members being secured, in Y end wall, atransverse brace on the inside of the car composed of two members withtheir inner ends overlapped to a distance corresponding to the distancebetween the upright members, the upper end of each upright member beingvsecured to both members of said transverse brace, and means providingdiagonally arranged reenforcing elementsfor connecting said transversebrace to the side walls of the car.

15. In combination with the wooden end wall of a railway box car, of apair of substantially upright reenforcing members on the outside-of theend wall', a transverse reenforcement on'the inside of the carcomprising two members overlapped for a distance correspondingsubstantiallyto the distance between the upright members, the membersofy the transverse reenforcement having inwardly projecting, horizontalanges which are secured together at'said overlap,`respectivelyr`upwardly and down- I wardly projecting flanges which lielatwise uponand arek secured to the end wall of the car, the. upper ends off'said'upright members being anchored Veach to bothvof the members of saidtransverse reenforcing structure, and means' for connecting saidtransverse reenforcement to the vside Walls ofthe carp 1 i,

` KARL M. HAMILTON.

